Archive for September 23rd, 2008

Edmonton Company Turns Digital Photos Into Canvas Artworks Edmonton Company Turns Digital Photos Into Canvas Artworks

Market Watch: Canada-based Canvas Crib understands personalized works of art made with care and attention can provide a timeless touch to any home. The company has had great success selling personalized photo canvases in Edmonton, and is looking to expand its business to the entire Canadian market with the launch of its online store. The [...]

 

Working In The Home And Decorating It Too Working In The Home And Decorating It Too

You want a home-based business, why not one that will decorate your home too? Whether your friends ask you to help them spice up their home, or it just happens to be something you enjoy, following your passion when you start a business is very important. AtHome America is a growing direct sales business which [...]

 

Working In The Home And Decorating It Too Working In The Home And Decorating It Too

You want a home-based business, why not one that will decorate your home too? Whether your friends ask you to help them spice up their home, or it just happens to be something you enjoy, following your passion when you start a business is very important. AtHome America is a growing direct sales business which [...]

 

Last Meals Delivery Service Last Meals Delivery Service

Some business ideas can be awfully macabre, especially around Halloween, but none are as dark as Paul Kneale’s Last Meals Delivery Service. For $20, the standard amount typically allocated for the meal, you too can enjoy the same last meal consumed by some of the most notorious criminals before they were executed. Via my wife, [...]

 

The Art of Money Getting, or Golden Rules for Making Money #1 The Art of Money Getting, or Golden Rules for Making Money #1

The Art of Money Getting or, Golden Rules for Making Money was originally published in 1880 by P. T. Barnum. Phineas Taylor Barnum was an American showman remembered for founding the circus that became the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. Part 1 is below. The twenty other parts will be published daily. Part [...]

 

Biz Resource: PrintWhatYouLike.com Biz Resource: PrintWhatYouLike.com

Lifehacker: Free service PrintWhatYouLike.com is a simple point-and-click element removal tool to make printing sites and pages without printer-friendly links much easier, and without any software. Paste in the URL of a site, and you’ll get a left-hand sidebar that lets you click and and remove pictures, headlines, and other page elements. You can pull [...]

 

Can Niche Video Networks Make Money? Can Niche Video Networks Make Money?

Seeking Alpha: In the past 12-18 months, niche video networks or micro video networks as some call them, such as For Your Imagination and Next New Networks have ramped up their offerings for small content producers trying to gain their business. At the same time, video platforms like Babelgum and Brightcove are also competing for [...]

 

Inventor’s Best Friend Inventor’s Best Friend

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Once a month in southeastern Wisconsin, three groups of inventors meet with people who want to help them. At their core is a Milwaukee-area woman aiming to help change a culture. Her name is Jill Welytok, a patent lawyer who grew up in Skokie, Ill., watching her dad invent the motion-sensitive fish [...]

 

The Buckminster Fuller Challenge 2009 The Buckminster Fuller Challenge 2009

HASTAC: The Buckminster Fuller Institute announces the call for entries to the 2009 Buckminster Fuller Challenge. The world financial system is in chaos; vital ecosystems are under stress; climate change and its consequences are daily news; and the bare essentials of human life – food, water, and shelter – remain out of reach for billions [...]

 

Buck’s Pizza Franchise Buck’s Pizza Franchise

Pizza is a hard business to break into. There are many competitors within this business and that makes it hard for anyone considering their own mom and pop operation. The right franchise can give a mom and pop business the opportunity to take on the pizza world with a recognizable name to go behind it, [...]

 

Jobseekers Vetted With Short Contracts Jobseekers Vetted With Short Contracts

Inc.: To get an edge in the hunt for talent, many employers are using short-term contracts to evaluate job candidates before committing to hiring them full-time, a new survey finds. Among the 600 finance and HR managers recently surveyed by Accountemps, 38 percent said they liked to bring in candidates on a temporary basis before [...]